topic Re: second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy in Sky Stream

second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy

carrielton — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:22:08 GMT

Getting Sky glass with tv for main room

but having an additional box or whatever it is for bedroom so need to get a basic/cheap monitor

Do I need to be looking for anything specific that fits with glass technology or will any monitor do? thanks

Re: second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy

mikealanr — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:38:04 GMT

You don't want a monitor you want a cheap TV. Monitors often have very poor implementations of HDMI, not remote control support and really poor speakers.

Amazon and Argos have TVs for around £99.

Bust basically the puck has everything you need on it and connects via HDMI cable so this is likely the minimum requirement you will need.

MikeAlanR

Re: second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy

Angel_Aka — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:41:37 GMT

@carrielton wrote:
Getting Sky glass with tv for main room
but having an additional box or whatever it is for bedroom so need to get a basic/cheap monitor
Do I need to be looking for anything specific that fits with glass technology or will any monitor do? thanks

Sky Glass is the actual Sky-branded TV. It comes with either a Sky Ultimate TV or Essential TV streaming subscription. To watch this subscription in a second room you need any HD or 4K TV with an HDMI socket. You then need a Sky Stream puck attached to this HDMI socket along with the Whole Home subscription in your streaming package.

Re: second room sky glass - what monitor should i buy

TimmyBGood — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:10:24 GMT

@carrielton

As @mikealanr indicates, don't purchase anything labelled as a 'monitor' unless you primarily want it for computer use.

Any recognisable brand-name television set (rather than supermarket off-brand) from about £199 upwards should be adequate but avoid the remnants of 'HD Ready' and 'Full HD' models if you can.